Chapter 5861

“Not a slow reaction,” the Frostdrake hissed, amusement curling around every word.

Its jaws gaped. A breath of condensed, law-woven ice poured forth-not flame but pure, merciless cold so dense it bent the surrounding light. That breath carved a warped cerulean corridor through the air and slammed toward Jared’s chest in a blink.

“Golem Body!” Golden scales blossomed across Jared’s frame as he forced every drop of chaotic essence outward, turning flesh and bone into living armor that shimmered like minted coins.

Across the ice, the unicorn roared and coughed up a beam of molten gold. Fire met frost with a vicious hiss, billowing white steam high as fortress walls. Yet the creature’s holy flame faltered first. Inch by hard-won inch, the blue breath buried the fire, snuffed it, and kept advancing.

The advance ended against Jared’s chaos-forged shield with a brutal crack. Spiderweb fractures raced across the barrier, then the whole shield exploded. An irresistible force hammered his ribs; he felt as though an ancient mountain had chosen him for target practice. Jared careened backward hundreds of feet before slamming into the ice. Blood sprayed from his lips-bright, steaming, flecked with glittering shards of frost.

The unicorn fared little better, tumoring across the frozen plain, scales splintering, its once-resplendent fire nearly out.

Two exchanges-no more—and both man and beast lay battered, perilously close to defeat. Such was the might of a Top Level Nine Heavenly Immortal, terrible beyond words.